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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Vipin Kewal Ramani, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Rasiklal Punjalal Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Shankar Visvanathan Guru, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Abdalmajeid Musa Alyassin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Randal Vincent Dusing, Mukwonago, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for identifying faults in a non-OEM computed tomography system having components in connection with the detectors to reconstruct an image. Then, correlation values are derived from baseline reference data files and current data files collected after a fault is suspected in the CT system. The correlation values are compared against a threshold to identify suspect detectors and a pattern recognition algorithm is applied to determine if the suspect detectors are faulty or if one of the components processing the output signals has failed. If baseline files are unavailable, the identification of faulty components is accomplished by performing correlation between the current data files and average profile values.